NYC • Apartment for sale in the Sherry Netherland

The PENTHOUSE can be your for $155 MILLION…..plus brokers fees.

On the corner of FIFTH AVENUE and 59th street………..posh!

The APPLE STORE is just across the street……….live in the BIG APPLE

DISNEY and MICKEY in Times Square nyc

Times Square is always a hoot.  Thousands of TOURISTS……..[lots of pick-pockets]……..costumed Disney characters……….Broadway Shows……….and zillions of restaurants.  The famous Knickerbocker Hotel was just renovated…….with rooms starting at $550.

CLICK ON THE HORSE…….

You must visit the reborn Knickerbocker Hotel.……..and overnight there if you can spend some big bucks.

30 more shots at the JANE STREET HOTEL

The JANE STREET HOTEL…………in Greenwich Village………has retained all the charm of a hotel from the past.  Rooms start at $117……..small but fun.

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CAFE GITANE …….just off the lobby….French Moroccan………a very amusing menu.

VIEWS of the 9/11 Memorial …..from the W HOTEL

This is the view of the new World  Trade Center from the penthouse apartments of the W New York Residences.

The 9/11 MEMORIAL takes up the footprint of the old World Trade Center Towers.

CLICK ON your favorite view to see the apartment

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Apartment 56B and 55F have just been sold……but others are available in the $5 million range.  The apartments are quite small……but the views are worth it.

THE DESIGNER SHOW HOUSE of New York 2014

This year the Designer Showhouse of New York 2014 was hosted by W New York Downtown, The RESIDENCES.  You can buy your apartment and enjoys all the services that W Hotels provide.

The luxury apartment in the penthouses………55th and 56ths floor is the setting that the Interior Designers had to work with.

CLICK ON…………..your favorite room

It is a charity event and all of the proceeds go to Lenox Hill Healthplex.

157 West 57 st…………90 stories of CONDOS!

The architect……”Christian de Portzamparc” has designed what he calls “a tumbling waterfall”…………the panes of glass are the colors of water.

I must be blind!  I only see weird patterns.

This is the view from Central Park

This is the view from a helicopter.  Tommy Hilfiger just bought the 46th floor for $48 million.  Nice neighbor to have.

THE DANGLING CRANE!  Remember that…….. during hurricane “Jenny”.

The crane shut down west 57th Street for days………. all the hotels and business were evacuated. This was the view I had of the disaster from my Swimming Pool.

Millions and bejillions of  $$$$$ in lawsuits over the loss of business.

TRAFFIC jammed up for a year with all the construction barricades on the street.

Took thousand of these cement trucks to put up the “waterfall”.

Undulating walls……….like a waterfall???

Try hitching a ride in this elevator…..up to the 90th floor.

From my terrace…..the skyline has changed.

THO…..the mirror affect is quite nice………but now I have to look at this for the rest of my life! IT ain’t going nowhere and neither am I !

“NEARER MY GOD TO THEE” in your new living room.  This apartment sold for $100 million.

Tho I must admit it does add drama to the New York skyline.

To schedule an appointment to see your new home…..call +1 (860) 965-2345

BUT, some of the floors are leased by the PARK HYATT’S new 5***** hotel.

Nighty Nite……….with the Empire State and the Chrysler buildings there to light up your dreams.

FLEET WEEK and WALL STREET

It was time for “day tripping”…….down to SOHO and Wall Street.

Graffiti truck…………corner of Crosby street and Houston.

FIRST STOP……….Balthazar’s Restaurant in SOHO!.  Loud and very noisy. We did not stay!

Off to the Crosby Street Hotel…. a quiet and civilized spot for lunch.

Superb burger and a chicken BLT………..with avacado.

RING RING! Don’t bother to pick it up!…………no one will answer.

Tea after lunch in the “living room”of the hotel.

At the bottom of Manhattan…….a clipper ship came sailing in.

It is FLEET WEEK in NY City……….three of our “finest”………..and cute to boot!

Cute?  The boots, Yeah. But the skirt is a tad too much???

National Museum of the American Indian at ONE BOWLING GREEN in lower Manhattan………..and admission is FREE!

Allegorical statue of the continent of America, carved by Daniel Chester French just outside of the grand entrance to the Alexander Hamilton U.S.Custon House.

The Rotunda is surrounded by paintings of Reginald Marsh.

Our friends from Detroit were amazed at the ceiling of the ornate “Collectors Room………….

The magnificent the oval ceiling was built using the principles of the Spanish engineer Rafael Gustavino. The 140 ton skylight was constructed with our any visible signs of support.

The Indian Museum is now located in the Alexander Hamilton United States Custom House.

The first secretary of the U.S. Treasury.

Murals painted by school children to cover up a construction site.

What is it???  The roof over the new subway station………the one that was destroyed by the 9/11 terrorist attack.  The memorial and the museum is now open to the public.